Teaching and Learning Conference 2021: Teaching in the spotlight: What is the future for HE curricula? On-demand session abstracts 6-8 July 2021 5Ps: An incremental innovation Dericka Frost and Janet Turley, University of the Sunshine Coast Whilst the move to technology-enabled learning and teaching [TELT] during 2020 transformed higher education course delivery, it exacerbated the digital divide. Students with low confidence, limited internet access, bandwidth and inadequate hardware became even less visible. 5Ps is an innovative student-focused study strategy developed in response to this transition in one pathways program course at an Australian regional university. 5Ps provides inexperienced students with a formula and an explicit step-by-step guide, potentially strengthening their academic self-efficacy and independence regardless of technological inequities. A 40,000 strong force for sustainable development: Affecting change whilst enhancing employability through applied research and the Sustainable Development Goals Dr Jennifer O'Brien, University of Manchester Students at the University of Manchester represent a 40,000-strong force for potential change who want to make a difference. This presentation will critically discuss how we are harnessing the power of our students to affect change through their assessment to the benefit of sustainable development and their employability. We are deploying Education for Sustainable Development in a Living Lab approach framed around the Sustainable Development Goals. The University Living Lab equips and empowers our students with the skills and confidence to affect real change for sustainable development through interdisciplinary applied research projects required by external partners. A brave new world: Has the global pandemic broken the boundaries of tradition and reformed assessment in STEM? Dr Laura Roberts and Dr Joanne Berry, Swansea University For centuries STEM disciplines have relied on traditional, on-site exams to drive learning and knowledge. The global pandemic, however, has forced academics to develop diverse and remote approaches to assessment. Across STEM disciplines a multitude of approaches have been fostered which have led to new, creative skills development and changed the graduate profile. Successful strategies have led to more inclusive, real-world assessments for learning, while other modes exacerbated social inequalities and depleted long-term knowledge retention. We evaluate the approaches employed in seven STEM disciplines and provide guidance on the most appropriate brave new strategies to take into post-pandemic higher education. A pragmatic approach to decolonising curricula: The experience of two disciplines Hetal Patel and Dr Gayatri Nambiar-Greenwood, Manchester Metropolitan University This presentation will consider adaptations made within two disciplines (Psychology and Nursing) in order to explore a diversity of voices and experiences to start the process of decolonising and diversifying the curriculum. The aim of these changes was at one level, to widen the scope of literature base from a Eurocentric lens, especially acknowledging evidence from the Global South. Secondly, to ensure the students’ experience of learning included positive global imagery and perspectives. Finally, developing and embedding discussions that help interrogate biases and privilege. This discussion will be set within the intellectual decolonising agenda. A strategy to face the impact of COVID-19 and technology disruption on higher education in the 2020-2025 lustrum Simon Leung and Dr Hector Levatti, London South Bank University The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented global public health and socio- economic crisis. A successful response demands higher education professionals to demonstrate resilience, adaptability, and creativity in addition to the technical skills required across the sector. Student engagement and motivation in online learning is a challenge that needs to be tackled through continuous monitoring and assessment. After two semesters of hybrid/blended teaching, we concluded that the technological disruption pushes us to redesign the education system producing professionals with resilience, flexibility, and skills for learning. A Virtual Year Abroad: Becoming a global citizen in times of COVID Dr Patricia Romero de Mills, University of Southampton The period of residence abroad that Modern Languages students must complete as part of their degree is still seen as a crucial stage in their development as language specialists and intercultural professionals. However, the rapid spread of COVID-19 has translated into a significant reduction or, in some cases, definite cancellation of all student mobility. This paper presents an alternative plan of virtual engagement which has proven to have the potential not only to allow a degree in Languages to survive these testing times, but to become a stimulating alternative to enhance the Modern Languages curricula in the future. Active Digital Design: Impact and lessons learned from a whole school approach to hybrid learning Dr Christine Rivers and Anna Holland, Surrey Business School, University of Surrey Showcased through the Advance HE Active Digital Design (ADD) Webinar: Advancing Online Learning in June 2020, ADD, Surrey Business School’s approach to hybrid learning in response to COVID-19, has received a positive response from many delegates and continues to gain interest across business schools and other institutions. Following the successful implementation of ADD in Semester 1, research conducted with both students and academic colleagues has provided valuable insights from a user perspective. This on- demand presentation will share key findings centred on positive impact and consider these in the context of developing future practice. Active Futures in STEM Education: Empowering the 21st century university educator Dr Andrea Jimenez Dalmaroni, Cardiff University The COVID-19 pandemic has forced universities worldwide to rethink teaching practices and adapt at a rapid pace. This has opened a unique opportunity to speed up necessary changes in STEM HE. In this session we will give an account of a successful training programme we have run at University College London, “Active Futures in STEM Education”, that provides academics with an understanding of how students learn, gives practical advice and guidance to design informed changes, and timely feedback to solve issues of actual implementations. Our results show that academics designed and implemented with confidence effective education innovations during COVID teaching restrictions. Addressing Grade Inflation at Grassroots: Internal standardisation and moderation praxis Dr Emma Roberts, University of Chester Though talk of 'grade inflation' has dominated headlines for some years, it is only recently that concerted efforts have been paid to addressing this issue. The Degree Standards Project has made huge strides to improve the professional development of external examiners and help calibrate examiner judgements. The UK's Standing Committee for Quality Assessments 'Protecting the Comparability of Degree Standards' initiative has also sought to enhance guidance available to institutions to tackle grade inflation. The premise of this paper is to situate the grade inflation problem at grassroots level and identify ways in which the issue can be addressed within departments and faculties. “All teamed up to talk about teamwork”: Insights and reflections from a staff-student partnership project Dr Prabha Parthasarathy, Aakulan Kangatharan and Akash Srinivasan, Imperial College During the 2020 COVID pandemic, a faculty member partnered remotely with two prospective intercalating students, who, as paid consultants, provided strategic inputs and co-designed resources aimed at optimising the existing support available for enhancing teamwork experience. The context here is a four-week self-directed group project module. This joint presentation by staff and student partners will discuss the process and outputs emerging through focus group discussions. They reflect on it through the lens of a well- recognised teamwork construct called psychological safety. Student partners will also include their post-project reflections, having experienced this module in a remote learning environment. Aqu@teach: A multidisciplinary curriculum with a focus on entrepreneurial and transferable skills Dr Sarah Milliken, University of Greenwich Aqu@teach is an open access curriculum which runs in the Moodle virtual learning environment and can be delivered either using blended learning or as an instructor-led, cohort-based e-learning course. The multidisciplinary curriculum can be taught as an optional module in a wide variety of degree courses, including Horticulture, Aquaculture, Agricultural Engineering and Ecological Engineering. In this session I will demonstrate how the various activities in Moodle have been used to embed transferable and entrepreneurial skills in a curriculum by encouraging a mixture of student dialogue and collaboration, autonomy, critical thinking, and creativity, and to provide instructional scaffolding for the students. Boosting creativity and self-directed learning skills with a student-staff partnership for remote teaching and learning Dr Andrea Jiménez Dalmaroni, Cardiff University By shifting from face-to-face to fully remote teaching, we have transformed an active learning Optics course into a remote flipped classroom. This combines out-of-class learning